PerthNow’s STM Hotlist, published on 18 January 2016, named 20 people and musical acts it expected to attract attention over the following year. It was a contemporary forecast—not a current ranking or a verdict on which predictions came true. The selections ranged across music, screen and stage, comedy, modelling, fashion blogging and business. Read the original PerthNow/STM feature.
Music: artists and acts on the rise
Troye Sivan
The Perth-born singer was presented as a YouTube-originated artist whose online following was translating into live performances and international attention. The feature identified Blue Neighbourhood as his first studio album, released on 4 December 2015, and discussed the early release of “Wild.” It also noted his acting work in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the Spud films. PerthNow/STM reported more than 3.8 million YouTube fans, 3.1 million Instagram followers and 3.29 million Twitter followers; it did not give a measurement date or identify the underlying platform data, so these are historical figures reported in 2016, not current counts. The article quotes Sivan recalling his first tour performance: “I walked out on the stage at the first show and couldn’t even hear myself sing the first line, because everyone was singing it with me.”
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The feature described Campbell as a 22-year-old Perth electronic music producer and DJ signed to local label Pilerats. Festival bookings and an anticipated video for “Silver Smoke” helped make her a Hotlist selection. The article attributes this thought on musicianship to Campbell: “Successful musicians work so hard. They make music because that’s what they are obsessed with.”
Jess and Matt
The duo—Jess Dunbar and Matt Price—had placed third on The X Factor, signed with Sony Music Australia and released the single “Nothing Matters.”
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Matt Corby
Corby’s debut album, Telluric, was anticipated for March 2016.
Nathan Hawes
A The Voice contestant signed to Universal Music, Hawes was recording a debut album with producer Jan Skubiszewski.
Koi Child
The Fremantle band’s forthcoming debut album was described as produced by Kevin Parker of Tame Impala.
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Tame Impala
The Perth band’s album Currents had received a Grammy nomination in the Best Alternative Album category, as reported at the time.
Screen and stage: upcoming roles and performances
Xander McGuire
The feature reported that Eddie McGuire’s 12-year-old son was due to make a television acting debut on Neighbours in 2016. This was an upcoming role when the Hotlist appeared.
Devon Terrell
The Perth actor had landed the lead in the pilot for Steve McQueen’s planned series Codes of Conduct.
Rank #3
Joel Jackson
Jackson’s cited screen work included Deadline Gallipoli and Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door; the feature noted an AACTA award for the latter.
Ryan Corr
Corr’s expected screen projects included Hacksaw Ridge, Ali’s Wedding, Wanted and Cleverman. The Hotlist also pointed to Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Arcadia.
Zoe Ventoura
Ventoura was listed for a role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and a part in Australian science-fiction film SFv1.
Rank #4
Chloe Hurst
The Perth actor was expected to appear in The Nice Guys, then scheduled for global release in May 2016, and A Few Less Men. The article also recounted her earlier dance, advertising, modelling and acting work.
Dacre Montgomery
Montgomery had been cast as the Red Ranger in the then-upcoming Power Rangers film.
Dawn French
French’s solo stage show Thirty Million Minutes was described as a memoir and tragicomedy drawing on personal experience.
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Ciaran Lyons
The Perth comedian had moved into an early-morning presenter role at Triple J and was expected to perform at Fringe World and other festivals.
Miquela Vos
Vos, described as an 18-year-old model, had worked with Guess, Seafolly and David Jones and appeared in several fashion magazines. The article named Vivien’s in Australia and Ford in New York as her representatives.
Willabelle Ong (“The It Girl”)
The Perth-based Singaporean fashion and lifestyle blogger ran the site Pale Division and was noted for collaborations with fashion and beauty brands.
Harrison Kennedy (“The Uber Dude”)
Kennedy was described as Uber’s marketing manager in Perth, as well as a DJ and celebrant. The Hotlist framed a proposed legalization of ride-sharing in Western Australia as a development to watch in 2016.
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Kim Tran
Tran ran skincare clinic La Belle Peau and, according to the article, had won the 2015 Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year award.
How to read the Hotlist now
The selections were based on signs of anticipated visibility—forthcoming releases, roles, broadcasts, festivals, tours and brand work—not a shared measure of achievement. Many of the reasons were future-facing in January 2016. The feature itself does not provide a systematic follow-up on what happened to each prediction, so the list is best read as a snapshot of what PerthNow’s STM considered promising at that moment, rather than a retrospective scorecard.
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